EDO VANGUARD FINALLY ACCEDES TO SUPPORT ASUE

While introducing the group, the assistant secretary of Edo Vanguard, Mr. Ikponmwosa Gold said the Edo Vanguard is a non-ethnic, non-religious, non-profit, non-governmental, non-partisan, socio-political, cultural, and economic pressure group founded in 2022 whose primary aim is to foster unity, peace, progress, and development amongst the people of Edo State all over the world.  Gold said that the group includes sons and daughters of Edo who have distinguished themselves in the public and private sectors in Nigeria and the Diaspora. He further said that the group aims at channeling the course of good governance by giving direction on the best choice of candidate for all and any political positions in Edo State with the capacity to mount pressure on those occupying political positions to deliver on their mandate.

Barr. Asuerinme Ighodalo is the TURN
(L-R) Ikponmwosa Gold, Assistant Secretary, Edo Vanguard; Pastor Itua Ighodalo, Asue’s Younger Brother; Barr. Asuerinme Ighodalo, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate; Christopher Adeyanjie, PRO, Edo Vanguard and Peter Etche, Member, Edo Vanguard.

Edo Vanguard has been researching who to support for a long time. At a point, we involved a marketing company to search and we got three names, which eventually narrowed down to Prof. Senator Oserheimen Osunbor, however, the ruling party at the center, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chose to deny their best candidate, its ticket for the upcoming gubernatorial election as a result of needless sentiments, he said.

Speaking further, Ikponmwosa Gold said the Edo Vanguard aims to ensure a system of government that will become a model for other States in Nigeria and the Federation of Nigeria and that It was in the public glare the way APC chose their flag bearer in Edo State and that it negates what Edo Vanguard represents, it is on that note the Edo Vanguard went into a search on the pedigree of the flag bearers of the three foremost political parties in Edo State using all search engines and found out that none of them is anywhere near Barr. Asue Ighodalo. He stated that the Edo Vanguard did not stop at that search, they went into consultations, first with the indigenous people of Edo State and a couple of political elites and stakeholders and found out that Barr. Asue Ighodalo is in a class of his own and as a result, the group concluded that Barrister Asuerinme Ighodalo (AI) is the best man for the number one job in Edo State.

It was on that note he said that the Edo Vanguard further paid a courtesy visit to Barr. Asue Ighodalo in his house and had very fruitful discussions with him.

Gold also stated that the group got a piece of brief information about his background and his deliverables when he comes into office as the next governor of Edo State.

As AI welcomed the group to his house, he mentioned that a lot has to be done in Edo State and that he is very prepared for the job of the governor of Edo State as he intends to provide need-based interventions to every part of Edo State when the time comes.

In his response, the Public Relations Officer, Edo Vanguard, Mr. Christopher Adeyanjie thanked the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Barr. Asuerinme Ighodalo for his very warm reception and told him that everything seemed to be in his favour, he opined that if Edo Central claimed that for the sake of equity, justice and fairness, it is the turn of Edo Central to produce the next governor of Edo State, Barr. Asuerinme Ighodalo is the TURN.

This he said is because the Edo Central comprises two blocks, the Okpebho and Agbazilo blocks respectively. In the history of the Edo Central right from the time before 1960, it was Anthony Enahoro, Prof. Ambrose Folorunsho, shortly Senator (Prof.) Oserheimen Osunbor, Anthony Anenih, Senator Monday Okpebholo, just to mention a few. To date, the Agbazilo block has not produced anyone, he retorted. This is about the first and only time the Agbazilo block would be producing Barr. Asuerinme Ighodalo who is vying for the office of the Governor of Edo State. It is only right, he said, for the people of Edo State to consider Barr. Asue Ighodalo as governor since Edo Central is being considered to produce the next governor of Edo State.

Without any sentiment, Christopher Adeyanjie said during the visit that he could see the enthusiasm and preparedness with which Asue wants to contribute his intellect and skill in making a new Edo State that will be conducive for all and as such the Edo Vanguard would support AI because of his capacity looking at his antecedent in both public and the private sectors, a very distinguished lawyer and economist who studied both in Nigeria and abroad if allowed to become the Governor of Edo State, the Edo Vanguard PRO insisted that Barr. Asuerinme Ighodalo would deliver on his mandate from every indication.

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Christopher Adeyanjie

Mr. Christopher Adeyanjie is a journalist and a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He is also a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT) an Agency of the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

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